John McCain on SNL

What was more important? A GI shooting at a Koran? Bush being snickered at for telling Arabs he would like to see more Democracy? 72 hours of media bias in handling the "appeasement" remark in which few journalists bothered to vet Obama's false declarations in response? Hmmmm I think SNL was more on target.

Actually, I would have liked to see media explain to all that the NIE stated the Bush push for Iranian sanctions made Iran blink. Our invasion of Iraq removed the only rational reason Iran had for chasing WMD and several credible experts have stated that Gaddafi and Iran blinked as a result of our invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Therefore, the blanket Obama/Rice spin from Thursday characterizing the Bush approach as a complete Iranian failure is factually incorrect. Note Obama did not even support more sanctions after telling AIPAC he would.

Obama went as far as suggesting from SD that removing Saddam and the Taliban strengthened Iran, implying this was a bad move despite the opposite Democratic claims that Reagan/Bush 1 deplorably aided Saddam as a containment of Iran. Nope. Media will have none of this vetting.

Was it news that Susan Rice told CNN that Obama would tell Iran "if you don't stop supporting terrorism and enrichment, we will use force as a last resort". Gee, wasn't Hillary labeled a Republican for saying that? And asked what more could the US learn by direct negotiations, Rice said that until we sit down, we will not know what Iran wants or if military force is an option. She had just said in a line before that comment that force was always an option. So was all this newsworthy? You bet.

And did media discuss why there was little mention from the Democrats about Happy Birthday Israel and even less objection to the Birthday Greetings from Hizb"Allah, OBL, Iran and others? It seems Bush was worthy of far more Democratic outrage than those calling for the destruction of Israel on her birthday.

And here are two other wonderful headlines not getting any attention. Hugo threatens war with Columbia should they allow a US base on Columbian territory after Interpol confirms the genuine content of the material found on a FARC computer. FARC says Hugo has given them money and arms.

Second, did media spend any time covering the Pakistani response to the recent US air strike that Obama has demanded we do at a greater rate? Remember that Obama and Richardson predicted that the moderate Gucci government of Pakistan would go after the militants. Instead, they denounce and BAN US air strikes (instead of covering it with false stories of militant depot accidents) and have cut more deals with militants. Does the media question the wisdom of the Obama team after Malley is booted ( I did predict that was coming)? Did anyone even ask Obama what his reaction to the Pakistani outrage was?

So if I were Rachel Shylar, I would very happy media focused on SNL and not the litany of news items that would rock Obama's judgment, policies, and credible counters to the attacks that are coming his way. I wonder if that rumored video of Michelle surfaces, Rachel will ask why media shifted their focus from comedy,,,,

Checked them out on NBC's site. I liked the Weekend Update best. The other had potential, but didn't seem concise enough to really work on that type of show.

Sorry maxtrue, but I have ADD and can't get through a comment that is eight paragraphs long...is there is cliff's notes version?

--Fern